Will airline travel cease to exist?

Question

Will our Children have an alternative?

Answer 1

I seriously doubt that it will cease to exist for quite a long time- but it will probably begin to diminish soon, until an alternative to jet fuel is found, or a way of making jet fuel without using fossil fuels. Airline travel is still the best (and as far as I know most fuel efficient way) to travel long distances (such as from the East Coast of USA to Europe), and even semi-long distances, such as across Europe. Until an alternative is found, people will continue to travel on airliners.

Answer 2

A1: No.

A2: Yes - always is an alternative.

Answer 3

Never.  Prices will go up, people will pay.  Look at gas prices.

There are always alternatives.

Answer 4

airline travel will not cease to exist, however airline companies will.  With gas prices going up more and more airlines are going out of business.  Airlines say there trying to conserve fuel, but really what they are doing, is finding a way to make the minimum 6 trips a day to stay alive in the industry.  fuel would not be a problem if the planes only had to do 1 or 2 trips a day but the profit is much higher when 6 trips are made.  it will most likely come down to all the airlines but one going out of business and if gas prices continue to rise, only time can tell.

Answer 5

Over the past 100 years aviation has grown from its humble beginnings to one of the biggest industry in the world. It is serving humanity well and, has proved itself as literally indispensable. It has become safer, dependable and as much a necessity of life as other daily commodities. Technology is still advancing and the future looks very bright. Currently, the cost of fuel has made aviation a talking point and its future has been blown out of proportions.

Even if alternates are in the making (which are not), these will take a very long time to materialise. And even then, the current aviation is so very well established that it will take a long long time to undo it to a point where it will cease to exist. Finally, the big boys all over the world have so much capital tied up in aviation that they will find ways to improve their performance and keep on going and surviving, rather than close shop and go home (which is neither practical nor foreseeable).

In the end, I would say that our children and grand children will still enjoy aviation as it is today, with perhaps their grand grand children getting a glimpse of other things to come!!!!

Answer 6

As the industry you see today, yes. Big changes on the horizon. Companies have to make money sooner or later and the way things are it ain't happenin'. Ticket prices must go up and labor costs must come down. Nothing else will work.

Answer 7

NO.

There will always be the need for Air Travel.

Ticket prices aren't that much. I got a good price 550$ a Person to Florida in First class.

Coach was 225$

Going to Colorado from The east coast for me cost 700$ a person First or 330$ in Coach.

When there is a war in a country everything raises over 300%.

And John B failed economics in school , no doubt in my mind.

The Airline doesn't have to raise any prices that high as John B said.

They can make "small" changes like charging extra per checked bag.....adding eight minutes to a flight....little things that wont cost you 700$ more.